Rothschild's woolly rat

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| name = Rothschild's woolly rat

| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Aplin, K. |date=2016 |title=Mallomys rothschildi |volume=2016 |page=e.T12724A22454854 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T12724A22454854.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| genus = Mallomys

| species = rothschildi

| authority = Thomas, 1898{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13001454 | page = 1356}}

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Rothschild's woolly rat (Mallomys rothschildi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found on the island of New Guinea: both in the West Papua region of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

The species has been known to eat karuka nuts (Pandanus julianettii),{{cite book |last1=Stilltoe |first1=Paul |title=Roots of the Earth: Crops in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea |date=1983 |publisher=Manchester university Press |location=Manchester, UK |isbn=978-0-7190-0874-0 |language=en |oclc=9556314 |lccn=82-62247}} and growers will put platforms or other obstacles on the trunks of the trees to keep the pests out.{{cite book |last1=French |first1=Bruce R. |author-link=Bruce French (agricultural scientist) |title=Growing food in the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea |date=1982 |publisher=AFTSEMU (Agricultural Field Trials, Surveys, Evaluation and Monitoring Unit) of the World Bank funded project in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea |pages=64–71 |url=https://docplayer.net/42672690-Growing-food-in-the-southern-highlands-province-of-papua-new-guinea-bruce-r-french.html |access-date=20 September 2018 |language=en |format=PDF}}